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2017–18 Duquesne Dukes Men's Basketball Team
The 2017–18 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by first-year head coach Keith Dambrot, played their home games at the A. J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost Richmond in the second round. Previous season The Dukes finished the 2016–17 season 10–22, 3–15 in A-10 play to finish in last place. In the A-10 tournament, they lost in the first round to Saint Louis. On March 13, 2017, Duquesne fired head coach Jim Ferry after five seasons. The school then hired Akron head coach Keith Dambrot on March 28. Offseason Departures Incoming transfers 2017 recruiting class 2018 Recruiting class Preseason In a poll of the league’s head coaches and selec ...
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Keith Dambrot
Keith Brett Dambrot (born October 26, 1958) is an American former college basketball coach who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of Duquesne University. In his final year, he led them to their first tournament appearance since 1977, and first tournament win since 1969. During his high school head coaching career, he coached future NBA star LeBron James for two years. During 13 seasons of head coaching at the University of Akron, he had a regular game season 305–139 record and was the winningest coach in the program's history. He is a three-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year. In 2010, he was elected into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he won the Red Auerbach Coach of the Year Award as the country's top Jewish college basketball coach. Early life Dambrot was born in Akron, Ohio, and is Jewish. Dambrot's mother, Faye, was a psychology professor at the University of Akron while he was growing up. His father Sid Dambrot played on Duqu ...
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Akron Zips Men's Basketball
The Akron Zips men's basketball team represents the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, Akron, Ohio. The team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference East division. The Zips are currently coached by John Groce. Prior to becoming members of the MAC in 1992, the Zips were members of the Ohio Valley Conference and the Summit League, Mid-Continent Conference. They had played in NCAA Division II into the mid 1970s, where they reached the National Championship Game twice, both of which they lost. The Zips have appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament seven times, most recently in 2025. The team first played in the NCAA tournament in 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1986 when Bob Huggins was its coach. In 2006, the Zips received an invitation to the 2006 National Invitation Tournament, NIT and won their first post season game at Temple University before falling in the second round. In 2007, the team won their second MAC East t ...
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country at 2.84 million residents. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the central Maryland region together with the surrounding county that shares its name. The land that is present-day Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 1600s, the Susquehannock began to hunt there. People from the Province of Maryland established the Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe and established the Town ...
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SMU Mustangs Men's Basketball
The SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represents Southern Methodist University (SMU) in University Park, Texas and competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I college basketball. In 104 years of basketball, SMU's record is 1,377–1,237. SMU has reached one Final Four, made 12 NCAA Tournament Appearances, won 16 Conference Championships, had 11 All-Americans, and 23 NBA Draft selections. SMU finished the 2016–17 season with a 30–5 record, and won their second conference title in three years. They set the school record for single season wins, and returned to the NCAA Tournament following a postseason ban in the 2015–16 season. History 1916: The Beginning 1916 was the inaugural season of SMU basketball where it went 12–2. SMU joined the Southwest Conference in the 1918–19 season. SMU won its first two conference titles in 1935 and 1937. 1955–1967: The Doc Hayes Era (Golden Era of Pony Hoops) Doc Hayes took over as SMU's head coach in 1947. By 195 ...
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Scarborough, Toronto
Scarborough (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated in the eastern part of the City of Toronto. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue (Toronto), Steeles Avenue and the city of Markham, Ontario, Markham to the north, the Rouge River (Ontario), Rouge River and the city of Pickering, Ontario, Pickering to the east, and Lake Ontario and the Scarborough Bluffs to the south. Scarborough was named after the English town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, inspired by its cliffs. Scarborough, which was settled by Europeans in the 1790s, has grown from a collection of small rural villages and farms to become fully urbanized and diverse cultural community. Incorporated in 1850 as a township, the district became part of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 and was reconstituted as a borough in 1967. The borough rapidly developed as a suburb of Toronto over the next decade and became a city in 1983. In 1998, t ...
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Isiaha Mike
Isiaha Mike (born August 11, 1997) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and the SMU Mustangs. Early life Mike grew up in Scarborough, Toronto. As a middle schooler, Mike stood 6'5 and spent much time in the gymnasium to compensate for his lack of basketball skills. He played pick-up basketball in middle school but switched his focus to academics while attending West Hill Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto. Mike played for Hoops Canada Elite on the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) circuit. In August 2014, he won most valuable player of the Americas Team Camp. He later transferred to Trinity International School in Las Vegas, Nevada under head coach Greg Lockridge. He averaged 27.6 points, 14.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game as a senior. He led his team to a second straight National Christian School At ...
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Harlow
Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a Planned community, new town in 1947, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire, and occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upper River Stort, Stort Valley, which has been made navigable through other towns and features a canal section near its watermill. Old Harlow is a historic village founded by the early medieval age and most of its high street buildings are early Victorian and residential, mostly protected by one of the Conservation Areas in the district. In Old Harlow is a field named Harlowbury, a de-settled monastic area which has the remains of a chapel, a scheduled ancient monument. The M11 motorway passes through to the east of the town. Harlow has its own commercial and leisure economy. It is also an outer part of the London commuter belt and employment centre of the M11 corridor which includes Cambridge and London Stansted Airport to the north. A ...
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Toledo Rockets Men's Basketball
The Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represents the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-American Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1980, the seventh longest active drought among all Division I teams. Toledo has won the MAC regular season twelve times but has won only one MAC Tournament title. Their current head coach is Tod Kowalczyk. Postseason NCAA tournament results The Rockets have appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 1–4. * In 1979 there were two first-round games in their region prior to the second round but Toledo did not play in a first-round game. NIT results The Rockets have appeared in ten National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). Their combined record is 5–13. CIT results The Rockets have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their record is 1–1. CBI results The Rockets have appeared in one Colle ...
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Rochester Hills, Michigan
Rochester Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Detroit, Rochester Hills is located about north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 76,300. The area was first settled by European Americans in 1817, and organized as Avon Township in 1835. The City of Rochester, Michigan, Rochester incorporated in 1967, while the remaining area of Avon Township was incorporated and renamed the City of Rochester Hills in 1984. Considered a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Rochester Hills is about north of Detroit. History Prior to European settlement, the area now known as Rochester Hills was inhabited by Native Americans, namely the Potawatomi. The Potawatomi depended on the area's abundant water sources, such as the Clinton River and Paint Creek (Oakland County, Michigan), Paint Creek, to grow crops, fish, and travel. They resided here until the Treaty of Detroit, 1807 Treat ...
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Spencer Littleson
Spencer Phillip Littleson (born May 29, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Grupo Alega Cantabria CBT of the LEB Oro. He played college basketball for Toledo and Duquesne. High school career Littleson attended Rochester Adams High School. He grew from 5'10 to 6'3 during his freshman season. As a senior, he averaged 25.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. Littleson finished third in the voting for 2016 Mr. Basketball of Michigan. He committed to play college basketball at Duquesne. College career As a freshman at Duquesne, Littleson averaged 1.6 points and 1.1 rebounds. Following the season he transferred to Toledo. Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk called him an "unbelievable worker" and said they should have recruited him out of high school. As a sophomore, Littleson averaged 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. On November 10, 2019, he scored a career-high 27 points in an 96-70 win against Marshall. Littleson averaged 10.5 points per game ...
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Towson Tigers Men's Basketball
The Towson Tigers men's basketball team represents Towson University in Towson, Maryland in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association and play their home games at TU Arena. The Tigers have appeared two times in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, most recently in 1991. History Conference memberships *1959–1979: Mason–Dixon Conference (Division II) *1979–1982: ECAC Metro South Conference *1982–1992: East Coast Conference *1992–1995: Big South Conference *1995–2001: America East Conference *2001–present: Colonial Athletic Association Season-by-season results Postseason results NCAA Division I Tournament results The Tigers have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament two times. Their combined record is 0–2. NIT results The Tigers have appeared in one National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Their record is 0†...
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Staten Island
Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at ; it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city. A home to the Lenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was City of Greater New York, consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has so ...
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